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Building Tour: NYU John A. Paulson Center
3/15/23, 6pm - 7:30pm
John A. Paulson Center
Meet at the 181 Mercer Street New York, NY 10012 (between Houston Street and Bleecker Street ). Join the AIANY Cultural Facilities Committee as we set out to discover the...
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Building of the Day: Radio Tower and Hotel
10/29/22, 11am - 12pm
Radio Tower and Hotel
Radio Hotel and Tower is the first completed building by MVRDV in the United States. The distinctive design comprises a stack of blocks, which match the size of the buildings...
Building of the Day: Queens Public Library Steinway Library
10/27/22, 12pm - 1pm
Queens Public Library Steinway Library
The design concept for the renovation and expansion of the Queens Public Library Steinway Branch is situated in an investigation of light and water. A new glass elevator tower located...
Building of the Day: Flushing Town Hall
10/22/22, 4pm - 5pm
Flushing Town Hall
Flushing Town Hall (FTH) was built in Germany’s Rundbogenstil ("round arch style") in 1862, during the Civil War Era. In 1938 a block of jail cells was added. The front facade...
Building of the Day: Pier 57
10/20/22, 12pm - 1pm
Pier 57
Pier 57 has been transformed into a dynamic, mixed-use destination that includes office space for Google and a new public park. Originally designed by American architect and civil engineer Emil...
Building of the Day: The Brooklyn Tower
10/5/22, 1pm - 2pm
The Brooklyn Tower
This tour is currently sold out. Add yourself to the waitlist. At 1,066 feet, The Brooklyn Tower is the tallest in the borough. The historic interior of the Brooklyn Dime...
Virtual Tour of Henrybuilt’s Finishing Studio
5/21/20, 9am - 10:30am
Online
Continuing our Site Tours series (virtually for now!), we’re offering Brick & Wonder members and any guests who’d like to join a tour of Henrybuilt’s finishing studio, led by Co-Head...
Tour of the Flatiron Institute: Design as Catalyst for Collaboration
6/27/19, 6pm - 8pm
Flatiron Institute, 162 Fifth Avenue (Entrance on 21st Street, just West of Fifth Avenue)
Join us for a tour of the Flatiron Institute, which was launched to advance scientific research through computational methods, including data analysis, theory, modeling, and simulation. The institute, an internal research...
Building of the Day: Manhattanville Campus Plan, Jerome L. Greene Science Center
10/23/18, 12pm - 1pm
Columbia University Manhattanville Campus: Jerome L. Greene Science Center and The Forum
Columbia University in the City of New York has always been an urban institution. Science, art, communications, global issues, community, and energy are combined and stitched together in a...
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ENYA Beyond The Boards: ODA Site Visit
7/27/18, 2pm - 3pm
420 Kent Ave
ENYA members will be led on a construction site tour of 420 Kent Ave, designed by ODA, as presented at the July Beyond The Boards event. Attendees will meet at the southeast...
Building of the Day: The William Vale Hotel
10/31/17, 12pm - 1pm
The William Vale Hotel
Add your name to our wait list! The William Vale is Brooklyn’s newest destination and nightlife offering in the popular Williamsburg section of the borough. The hotel has 183 contemporary luxury...
Building of the Day: Cornell Tech
10/30/17, 12pm - 1pm
Cornell Tech
Add your name to our wait list! Cornell Tech is committed to developing pioneering leaders and technologies for the digital age, and its mission of collaboration and innovation is reflected...
Building of the Day: Roy and Diana Vagelos Education Center
10/29/17, 12pm - 1pm
Roy and Diana Vagelos Education Center
The Roy and Diana Vagelos Education Center is a new, state-of-the-art medical and graduate education building at Columbia University Medical Center’s campus. The building, designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro...
Building of the Day: Morris Jumel Mansion
10/28/17, 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Morris Jumel Mansion
At 250 years old, Morris-Jumel Mansion is Manhattan’s oldest house. Built in 1765 by British Army Colonel Roger Morris, the Mansion served as headquarters to General George Washington during the...
Building of the Day: Downtown Brooklyn Cultural District
10/27/17, 12pm - 1pm
Downtown Brooklyn Cultural District
Add your name to our wait list! Occupying the south portion of a triangular site at the intersection of Flatbush, Ashland, and Lafayette Avenues in downtown Brooklyn, the slim footprint...
Building of the Day: ISSUE Project Room
10/26/17, 12pm - 1pm
ISSUE Project Room
In 2008, ISSUE was awarded a lease on a theater, originally built in 1926 for the Benevolent & Protective Order of the Elks. Working with NYC’s DDC, architect WORKac and...
Building of the Day: The George Washington Bridge Bus Station
10/23/17, 12pm - 1pm
The George Washington Bridge Bus Station
Add your name to our wait list! The George Washington Bridhttps://aiany.secure.force.com/pmtx/evt__SiteWaitList?eid=a0b6100000RziVQAAZge Bus Station, which is located on both sides of Broadway in the Washington Heights community, opened on January 17, 1963....
Archtober 2017 Architecture Tour of Duggal Visual Solutions
10/18/17, 1:30pm - 4:30pm
Building 25, Brooklyn Navy Yard
Duggal Visual Solutions is a trusted graphics, display and multimedia partner to some of the world’s most innovative and respected architectural firms. On site, we bring the architect’s vision to...
Archtober 2017 Architecture Tour of Duggal Visual Solutions
10/11/17, 1:30pm - 4:30pm
Building 25, Brooklyn Navy Yard
Duggal Visual Solutions is a trusted graphics, display and multimedia partner to some of the world’s most innovative and respected architectural firms. On site, we bring the architect’s vision to...
New York Genome: A Model of Collaborative Science in the City
9/20/17, 6pm - 8pm
New York Genome Center
Join the AIANY Science and Research Facilities Committee at the New York Genome Center for a presentation of its work as well as a tour of its dynamic genome research...
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Cary Leeds Tennis Center Tour
7/25/17, 5pm - 7pm
Cary Leeds Tennis Center
Explore this award-winning tennis center in the heart of the Bronx’s Crotona Park with architect and builder Peter Gluck of GLUCK+. The flagship for Arthur Ashe’s New York Junior Tennis...
Tour of Princeton University Research Facilities
7/1/17, 10:30am - 12:30pm
Princeton University
Join the AIANY Science and Research Facilities Committee for a tour of the Lewis-Sigler Integrative Genomics building by Rafael Viñoly Architects, and the Frick Chemistry Laboratory by Hopkins Architects and...
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Tour of Congregation Beit Simchat Torah
5/22/17, 6pm - 8pm
Congregation Beit Simchat Torah
Join the AIANY Interiors Committee for a private tour of Congregation Beit Simchat Torah’s new home by Architecture Research Office (ARO). Congregation Beit Simchat Torah (CBST), the world’s largest LGBTQ...
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Archtober Building of the Day Preview: Sunset Park Material Recovery Facility
5/19/17, 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Sunset Park Material Recovery Facility
As part of NYCxDESIGN, the Center for Architecture will host an Archtober preview featuring five days of building tours across the five boroughs, with a focus on public architecture. The...
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Archtober Building of the Day Preview: Staten Island Museum Building Tour
5/17/17, 1pm - 2pm
Staten Island Museum
One of five connected historic buildings at Snug Harbor, Building A is a former sailor’s dormitory, renovated by Gluckman Tang Architects as the new home of the Staten Island Museum....
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Private Tour of New York City Hall
5/17/17, 6pm - 8pm
New York City Hall
New York City Hall, completed in 1812, is one of the oldest government buildings in continuous use in the United States. Numerous renovations and modifications over the years compromised the...
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Archtober Building of the Day Preview: Elmhurst Branch Library
5/16/17, 11am - 12pm
Elmhurst Branch Library
As part of NYCxDESIGN, the Center for Architecture will host an Archtober preview featuring five days of building tours across the five boroughs, with a focus on public architecture. A...
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Building of the Day Preview: Manhattan Districts 1/2/5 Garage and Salt Shed
5/15/17, 2:30pm - 4:30pm
1/2/5 Garage and Salt Shed
As part of NYCxDESIGN, the Center for Architecture will host an Archtober preview featuring five days of building tours across the five boroughs, with a focus on public architecture. The...
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Complexity & Collaboration: A 21st Century Medical & Graduate Building
5/4/17, 6pm - 8:30pm
Hear from key members of the Roy and Diana Vagelos Education Center’s project team as they discuss the importance of collaboration, the intersection of space and technology, and how architecture...
A Day in New Hope: Nakashima Woodworker and Raymond Farm Center
4/22/17, 10am - 4pm
Nakashima Woodworker
Discover the architectural and artistic interconnections between Japan and the United States through the interpretation and combination of modernist and traditional ideas cultivated by George Nakashima and Noémi and Antonin...
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Healing Reimagined: New Stamford Hospital Tour
3/31/17, 2pm - 4pm
New Stamford Hospital
Join the AIANY Health Facilities Committee for an onsite presentation and facility tour of the new Stamford Hospital, designed by WHR Architects in Stamford, Connecticut. This new 13-story, 640,000-square-foot, 450-million-dollar...
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Jerome L. Greene Science Center
1/25/17, 6pm - 8pm
Center for Architecture
Columbia University’s Jerome L. Greene Science Center was conceived as a place for human connection, intellectual excellence, and pioneering research that cuts across traditional academic boundaries. Home to the Mortimer...
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St. Patrick’s Cathedral Restoration: Rejuvenating an Icon
11/10/16, 6:30pm - 8pm
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Please join AIANY Interiors Committee for a tour of St. Patrick’s Cathedral led by Jeffrey Murphy, FAIA, MBB Architects, and Ron Pennella, StructureTone Inc., and the NYU Polytechnic School of...
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Building of the Day:The Battery
10/30/16, 12pm - 1pm
The Battery
After 22 years, the redesign of the Battery, one of the city’s most historic and dramatic public spaces, will be complete by October. Quennell Rothschild and Partners was part of the...
Building of the Day:Japan Society
10/29/16, 12pm - 1pm
Japan Society
Designed by architects Junzo Yoshimura and George G. Shimamoto, Japan Society was the first building by a leading Japanese architect in New York City. The building opened to the public...
Building of the Day: Hudson Yards
10/28/16, 12pm - 2pm
Hudson Yards
Hudson Yards is the largest private real estate development in the nation’s history. The site itself will include 17 million square feet of commercial and residential space; more than 100...
Building of the Day: Knowledge Center, Columbia University
10/27/16, 12pm - 1pm
Knowledge Center, Columbia University
The Teaching and Learning Center is a classroom facility shared by the School of Nursing, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Mailman School of Public Health, and School of Dental and...
Building of the Day: Gould Memorial Library, Bronx Community College
10/26/16, 12pm - 1pm
Gould Memorial Library, Bronx Community College
The Gould Memorial Library and Hall of Fame are Beaux Arts Landmarks designed by the great Stanford White in 1899 and 1901. At the time, these structures were part of...
Building of the Day: Met Breuer
10/25/16, 12pm - 1pm
The Met Breuer
Marcel Breuer was at the height of his career when he designed the Whitney Museum in 1966 and was the recognized master of using what he called “close to Earth...
Building of the Day: 520 West 28th Street
10/24/16, 12pm - 1pm
520 West 28th Street
520 West 28th will introduce an iconic new landmark to New York City. Designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Zaha Hadid and developed by Related, one of the nation’s preeminent developers...
Building of the Day: Lever House
10/23/16, 12pm - 1pm
Lever House
Midtown Manhattan’s Lever House marked a watershed in U.S. architecture when completed in 1952. Located on the west side of Park Avenue between 53rd and 54th Streets, the corporate headquarters,...
Building of the Day: Industry City
10/22/16, 12pm - 1pm
Industry City
A microcosm of NYC with one distinction: we’re creating an innovation ecosystem that embraces the disruption created by advancing technologies. Our economic spectrum spans verticals, from manufacturing to design, art...
Building of the Day: Museum of the City of New York
10/21/16, 1pm - 2pm
Museum of the City of New York
Five years in the making, New York at Its Core presents the compelling story of New York’s rise from a striving Dutch village to today’s “Capital of the World,” a...
Building of the Day: CRS Studio
10/20/16, 2:15pm - 3:15pm
CRS Studio
The brief for the CRS (Center for Remembering and Sharing) studio called for a space that can be used for yoga, meditation, various events, or as a photography studio. The...
Building of the Day: St. Patrick’s Cathedral
10/19/16, 11am - 12pm
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Murphy, Burnham & Buttrick led a phased project to fully restore the Cathedral Complex, which included exterior stone conservation, interior stone, wood, and plaster restoration, and stained glass stabilization and...
Building of the Day: Edible School Yard at PS 7, East Harlem
10/18/16, 12pm - 1pm
PS 7
With the completion of the PS216 Edible Schoolyard in Brooklyn, we are now focusing on PS7 in Harlem. WORKac’s second project for Edible School Yard NY comprises a 1,200 SF...
Building of the Day: Pivot
10/17/16, 12pm - 1pm
Pivot
Pivot is a pre-war studio revamped into a modern adaptable space containing a secret bedroom. The project emphasizes open space while overlaying multi-functionality, transforming in response to different needs. Extensive...